A Vala

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

A Vala — 108 career matches, 2,841 runs and 85 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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AVALA

Bat Avg

28.7

Bowl Avg

23.5

Career stats overview

56 ODI · 52 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

56 matches

1,783

Runs scored

Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

52 matches

1,058

Runs scored

Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32

econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1

batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33

vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102

outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams A Vala has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Nepal

Matches: 16
Runs: 272
Wickets: 10

Uae

Matches: 13
Runs: 269
Wickets: 10

Usa

Matches: 12
Runs: 451
Wickets: 13

Oman

Matches: 11
Runs: 337
Wickets: 6

Namibia

Matches: 10
Runs: 330
Wickets: 11

Scotland

Matches: 10
Runs: 288
Wickets: 8

Hong Kong

Matches: 8
Runs: 161
Wickets: 6

Vanuatu

Matches: 5
Runs: 247
Wickets: 4

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where A Vala has turned out most often.

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 13
Runs: 256
Wickets: 10

Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)

Matches: 12
Runs: 338
Wickets: 6

Amini Park, Port Moresby

Matches: 11
Runs: 384
Wickets: 4

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Matches: 11
Runs: 288
Wickets: 4

ICC Academy

Matches: 7
Runs: 177
Wickets: 4

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Matches: 7
Runs: 85
Wickets: 8

Wanderers Cricket Ground

Matches: 6
Runs: 269
Wickets: 6

Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok

Matches: 5
Runs: 125
Wickets: 7

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.